Day: December 21, 2018
Clergyman, Baro face off
By BENJAMIN KOITAKA FATHER Dave Smith, an Australian clergyman and boxer, arrived in Port Moresby this week for the inaugural Oceania Professional Boxing Championship, according to an official. Papua New […]
Australian-based student makes national basketball squad
By JACK AMI THE Basketball Federation of Papua New Guinea has included 22-year-old University of Western Sydney student Peninnah Javapro in the women’s national training squad for next year’s Pacific […]
Tsaka: We’ve no control over code hopping
By JACK AMI THE Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL) and the Southern Confederate have no control over player movement between codes, says an official. The National interviewed PNGRFL […]
Keeping airports safe saves lives
TAKING precautions now is better than dealing with a catastrophic situation later. That’s exactly what the National Airport Corporation (NAC) has done. This week, NAC announced the closure of Buka […]
Chamber sees next year as a vital one
PORT Moresby Chamber of Commerce and Industry says next year will be an important one for the chamber. President Rio Fiocco said top of the list next year would be […]
Climate change makes firms picky on cocoa
By DOROTHY MARK Chocolate companies in the world will want to know their cocoa farmers by 2021 because of climate change effects, says Madang’s Outspan Cocoa Export Company manager Shekhar […]
Agriculture Dept announces projects achieved
By CLARISSA MOI Department of Agriculture and Livestock has announced a number of major projects achieved this year. Minister Benny Allan said these included the Sepik Plains project, the buyer […]
NCSL loan interest rate ‘lower’
Employees in the public sector who are non-Nasfund contributors can join the Nasfund Contributors’ Savings and Loan Society Ltd (NCSL) by registering through its online portal or at a branch. […]
Powi wants his people to get a fair shake
By JEFFREY ELAPA SOUTHERN Highlands’ Governor William Powi says his people should not be marginalised and stopped from services and other developments because someone in authority does not like him. […]
Kutubu Oil landowners to get 20pc ‘Christmas gift’ royalties
By JEFFREY ELAPA FOR the first time since the commencement of Kutubu oil production in 1991, Southern Highlands government has announced a 20 per cent Christmas gift of royalties from […]